Grand Rapids makes list of top U.S. hubs for solo entrepreneurs

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Jun 20, 2014 at 1:00 PMJun 20, 2014 at 2:00 PM

The Grand Rapids metro area ranked 14th on SpareFoot's June 18 list of America's top 15 hubs for solo entrepreneurs, defined as businesspeople who own and operate businesses that don't have any employees.To compile the list, SpareFoot looked at how the number of solo entrepreneurs has grown recently in the 100 most populated U.S. metropolitan areas, in addition to how well solo entrepreneurs are faring.SpareFoot, an Austin, Texas-based company that provides listings for self-storage units, ranked the metro areas by examining five economic measures related to solopreneurs. Data came from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.For information and other cities that made the list: http://blog.sparefoot.com/6384-top-places-for-solo-entrepreneurs/.

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